New data from Public Health England (PHE) has demonstrated that the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine offers high levels of protection against the Delta variant (or B.1.617.2, formerly known as the Indian variant), AstraZeneca has said. 

The central city of Đà Nẵng has ordered closure of beaches and sit-in dining venues starting Sunday at noon due to a new COVID-19 outbreak that have spawned 24 infections in a single day.

Việt Nam recorded 293 local COVID-19 cases on Saturday in 15 localities, the Ministry of Health announced.

Two more people have died of COVID-19 complications in Việt Nam, a woman aged 90 and a 67-year-old man.

The HCM City Department of Health on June 18 ordered the Children Hospital and the Children Hospital No.2 to admit child COVID-19 patients.